No dead of winter for Icarus. The Icarus issue for Jan. 2025 (vol. 425): McClure, L.T. Emery, J.P. Thomas, C.A. et al. Size-based spectrophotometric analysis of the Polana-Eulalia Complex Article 116322 .2024.116322Lee, K. Fang, Z. Wang, Z. Investigation of the… Read More »Note, Paper: January Carries
In this blog I cite science works, not popular science. But in this case, New Scientist magazine is a level above newsstand pulp, or even Popular Science: Robin George Andrews, Asteroid Adventure. New Scientist, Nov. 9-15 (vol. 264 #3516), page… Read More »Note, Pop-er
Nothing new for anyone who already works in NEOs, but… here’s a nice overview paper. In the latest issue of Remote Sensing (vol. 16, issue 22, November #2): Espartero, F. Cubas, J. Nespral, D. et al. New Astronomical Observatory Design… Read More »Note, Paper: Get A Sense Of All Them
From the EU-ESA Workshop on Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Objects: Wednesday, 11/13/24 ( … see also Monday and Tuesday) Polarimetric observations Double Trouble: Polarimetric Insights into the Didymos- Dimorphos post-DART Evolution Zuri GrayOn September 26, 2022, the NASA DART… Read More »Workshop: Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous NEOs pt. III
The EU-ESA Workshop on Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Objects continues. For Tuesday, 11/12/24, we continued phase curves, but after that it was thermal infrared observations and polarimetry: https://indico.esa.int/event/530/contributions/ Absolute magnitudes and photometry from the MPC catalog Peter Vereš (Minor… Read More »Workshop: Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous NEOs pt. II
Ongoing: the EU-ESA Workshop on Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Objects (https://indico.esa.int/event/530). Step one in “Planetary Defense” is, of course, to spot the Potentially Hazardous Objects (PHOs). But step two is also important: gauge the size of the threat object.… Read More »Workshop: Size Determination of Potentially Hazardous NEOs
The December Acta Astronautica (vol. 225) is a good one for orbital mechanics/flight dynamics people: Lantoine, G. Cox, A. Sweetser, T. et al. Trajectory & maneuver design of the NEA Scout solar sail mission p 77 .08.039Cohen, A. N. Lubin, P.… Read More »Note, Paper: Acta As. Path to Asts.
In Icarus (the ‘international journal of Solar System science’) for vol. 424, Dec 2024: Föhring, D. Conversi, L. Micheli, M. et al. Site selection for the second Flyeye telescope: A simulation study for optimizing near-earth object discovery Art 116281 .116281Laurent-Varin,… Read More »Note, Paper: Icar-ical data
Let’s call these three MNRAS issues “October,” an arbitrary line: Volume 533, Issue 4, October Rodríguez Rodríguez, J. Díez Alonso, E. Iglesias Álvarez, S. et al. Light-curve analysis and shape models of NEAs 7335, 7822, 154244, and 159402 Pg 4160 … Read More »Note, Paper: MN-chanics
The RAMSES mission is (unofficially) going forward. The prime contractor, OHB Italia, has been awarded funding– many millions of Euros. RAMSES, if you aren’t in the loop, is a mission to scout out potentially-hazardous asteroid (PHA) 99942 Apophis before its… Read More »RAMSES’ important figure